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"Coaching Costs as Tullock Costs" by Kurt Rotthoff, Ph.D., assistant
professor of finance, and Ann Mayo, Ph.D., director of the Center for
Sport Management, was presented at the NCAA's national convention in
Atlanta, GA.

Rotthoff presented as part of the 2010
Scholarly Colloquium on College Sports, College Sports in Recessionary
Times: Assessing Challenges and Opportunities. The paper presents an
explanation for the escalating salaries received by coaches in
"big-time" sports.

Rotthoff has an M.A. and Ph.D. from Clemson
University. At the Stillman School of Business, he teaches financial
analysis and economic analysis, sport finance, and financial markets
and institutions. In 2008, he was awarded both the Faculty Innovation
Grant and the Stillman School Research Award.